CVE Catalog

CVE-2025-12017

MediumCVSS 6.1
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.22%

11th percentile - higher than 11% of all known CVEs

Summary

The VNPAY Payment gateway plugin for WordPress in versions up to and including 1.0.0 is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the 'message' parameter due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. An unauthenticated attacker can inject arbitrary web scripts that execute if a user is tricked into clicking a link.

Risk Assessment

An attacker could trick a user into clicking a specially crafted link, leading to execution of a malicious script in their browser and potential data theft or session takeover. The risk applies to all sites with the VNPAY plugin version <= 1.0.0.

Recommendation

Update the VNPAY plugin to the latest version (above 1.0.0). If no update is available, consider disabling the plugin.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

The VNPAY Payment gateway plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the 'message' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS